Visitors drop despite CNY holiday

The number of visitor arrivals dropped by 1.2 percent year-on-year in February despite the mainland’s week-long Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday during that month, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) yesterday. This year, the CNY fell on February 8. It fell on February 19 last year. However, visitor arrivals rebounded by 8.1 percent month-to-month to 2.54 million in February. 

March 24, 2016 | BY Xia Lixian

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Police plan Easter Holiday crowd control

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that in anticipation of a strong influx of visitors during the Easter holiday, they will, if needed, implement crowd control measures in the city centre and around the Barrier Gate. The city’s three-day Easter Holiday starts on Friday. Monday is not a public holiday but government offices and banks will be closed. Easter Monday is a public holiday in Hong Kong. The statement said that the police will deploy more officers

March 24, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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Govt to allow meat & fish vendors near wet markets

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday the government had decided to allow fresh meat, poultry and fish vendors to operate near municipal wet markets.Leong announced the decision during a special press conference at Government Headquarters yesterday.The spokesman for the government’s top advisory body said that according to a government regulation published in 1996, only frozen food retailers were allowed to operate within a certain radius of municipal markets. The

March 24, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Woman loses 15,000 patacas in WeChat scam

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday a woman lost 15,000 patacas in a scam in December in which she was told by a man she met through WeChat that she could receive 60,000 patacas within three months after investing 15,000 patacas in the stock market.A PJ spokesperson announced details of the case during a regular press briefing. The female victim, who is a non-resident worker employed by a local hotel, reported the scam to the police on Tuesday.The spokesperson said the victim in December

March 24, 2016 | BY Angus Wu

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Man ‘loses’ chips, cash in hotel room: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday a mainland man lost a quantity of gambling chips and cash in a Cotai hotel room yesterday, which the police suspect to have been stolen by a woman he shared the room with the night before.A PJ spokesperson announced the case during a regular press briefing. However, the spokesperson gave no further information about the woman. The spokesperson said the victim, who reported the case to the police yesterday, met the suspect when he was gambling in a

March 24, 2016 | BY Angus Wu

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Council to discuss govt project in Pac On: Rosario

The government will submit its plan to build a multipurpose building in Pac On, Taipa’s industrial district, to the Urban Planning Council for discussion, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said yesterday.The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) is inviting bids for the design and construction of the building, which will be located on a plot known as O1, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO). The gazette also says that the bids must be submitted to

March 24, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Lawmakers debate liquidated damages for public work projects – no conclusion

The Legislative Assembly (AL) held a plenary debate yesterday on whether clauses on liquidated damages should be included in future public work contracts or not.  Legislator-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I, who proposed the debate, said last month that liquidated damages should be paid by contractors working on public construction projects who breach the terms and conditions of their contracts resulting in delays and cost overruns.Speaking during the debate, Secretary for Transport and

March 24, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Lawmakers urge govt to review rainstorm drill

Directly-elected lawmakers Melinda Chan Mei Yi and Kwan Tsui Hang separately urged the government yesterday to review its annual rainstorm drill for local schools.The two lawmakers made the suggestion after a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee on a domestic violence bill. On Monday morning, government-broadcaster TDM mistakenly announced on its Chinese language TV channel a rainstorm warning.Lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi speaks to reporters after a

March 23, 2016 | BY Leong Lok Ian

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Group to organise Basic Law courses

The Macau Basic Law Promotion Association (ADLBM) will put on two courses about the Macau Basic Law in June and September, Ho Sio Kam, secretary of the association, said yesterday, adding that the group will hold a range of activities promoting the city’s ‘mini-constitution’ together with the government. Ho made the remarks during a press conference held at the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) in Nape, where she announced that a series of activities are under way to commemorate the 23rd

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Info bureau vows to ‘encourage’ officials to explain policies on various platforms

Government Information Bureau (GCS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping, who is also the government’s chief spokesman, said yesterday that his bureau would continue to “encourage officials at all levels to make use of different platforms to explain government policies and measures in a simple and understandable way.”Chan made the pledge in a speech at an annual spring media gathering, hosted by his bureau at Macau Crowne Plaza Hotel. About 80 guests, including heads and representatives of local

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Kai Fong says provided support 2 million times last year

Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (UGAMM) President Ng Sio Lai said during a spring media lunch yesterday that the group had given support to people in Macau two million times last year.The association is commonly known as Kai Fong, its Cantonese name.Ng said the association introduced a free transportation service for elderly or disabled residents last year, adding that from November 2014 to October 2015, it had provided its support services two million times, a three percent

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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Police confirm natural death of man under bunk bed

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said yesterday that a local man found lying dead under a bunk bed died of natural causes.PJ spokesperson Choi Ian Fai made the announcement at a special press conference at the PJ headquarters.The 52-year-old local man surnamed Liu, who according to previous police reports was an alcoholic, was found dead inside his family flat on the 33rd floor of Mong Sin Building, a social housing estate in Mong Ha, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said last month.

March 23, 2016 | BY Staff Reporter

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Eco-fair pledges to ‘bring green concepts’

The 2016 Macau International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2016MIECF), which will be held from Friday to Sunday at the Venetian in Cotai, will “bring green concepts” to its visitors, Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau Kuan Va said yesterday.Speaking during a press conference at the Macau World Trade Centre yesterday, Lau said Prof. Walter R. Stahel, a Swiss architect globally influential in the field of sustainable

March 23, 2016 | BY Davis Ip

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Mongolian wrestler busted for attempted theft

A Mongolian wrestler has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a woman’s belongings from her backpack, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Kai Sang said yesterday. Lei revealed details of the case during a regular press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape. On Sunday night, PSP officers in a police vehicle saw the 26-year-old suspect being chased by a man at the junction of Avenida de Horta e Costa and Estrada de Coelho do Amaral. The officers

March 23, 2016 | BY admin

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